英格兰几百年间一直遭受北欧的诺曼人攻击和骚扰,但最终征服这个岛国的却是来自对岸法兰西的诺曼人。诺曼征服看似一个偶然的历史事件,实际上它的发生是当时历史趋势发展的结果,那就是,大不列颠岛正在难以避免地和欧洲大陆发生越来越紧密的联系,并且最终只能完全融入欧洲的政治体系之中。 England had been attacked and harassed by Nordic Normen for centuries, but the Normans, who eventually conquered the island, came from the other side of France. Norman’s conquest seemed like an accidental historical event, but in fact its occurrence was the result of the historical trend of that time. Great Britain was inevitably getting closer and closer to the continent and could eventually only be fully integrated Europe’s political system.